About the flag

February 17, at the session of the Legislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai
adopted laws on national emblem, flag and anthem of the Kamchatka region.

Projects of official symbols were developed in the framework of a competition
announced by the Government of the Kamchatka Territory, which was attended
not only to Kamchatka, but also representatives of other regions. Heraldry
Commission has recognized the best projects of the emblem and flag of
Ivan Tsar'kova,
sponsored hymn are Honored Artist of Russia, the artistic director of
the Kamchatka
Choir Evgeny Morozov and poet Boris Dubrovin.

The emblem of the Kamchatka region shows three of the volcano with snow-capped
peaks and rising because of the volcano sun, framed by a national ornament.
The lower part of the shield is blue separated by a wavy line
symbolizing the Pacific
Ocean and the seas surrounding Kamchatka.

Flag of Kamchatka Territory is a rectangular flag divided horizontally
on the bottom
of the blue and the upper part white, which is placed the emblem of
the Kamchatka region.

Officially, the new symbols will be used from July 1, 2010 - the third
anniversary of
the formation of the new RF subject that united the Kamchatka Oblast and Koryak
Autonomous Area. Told a "PC" the press service of the Governor and the
Government
of the Kamchatka region.

Coat of Arms

former Kamchatka oblast

image by António Martins, 18 Nov 2005

On a page at
the
website of local newspaper Vesti, I think that this is the winning
design of the arms of Kamchatka which are displayed there in black and white.
They talk about the final adoption of the flag and arms of Kamchatka in
February 2002. The flag should be blue and white with the arms on it.Pascal Gross, 08 Feb 2002

At
the
official russian symbols website we learn that the regional flag of
Kamchatka is indeed blue and white, horizontally set with the blue are half
the white and an emblem on the upper hoist and 2:3 ratio,
which was adopted on April 15th, 2004.António Martins, 18 Nov 2005

emblem detail

image by António Martins, 18 Nov 2005

The emblem is a modification of the arms. The version shown in the
mentioned page seems to be itself a stylization or simplification of the
1913 (and previous) arms, which are much more like what’s common in
recent russian subnational Heraldry.António Martins, 18 Nov 2005

Unofficial flag?

image by António Martins, 18 Feb 1999

This is the flag of the old Kamchatka free
state (cf. Adolfo Duran via Michel Lupin via Falko Schmidt).
According to SAVA newsletter24
[sav], via Falko Schmidt, the flag is in use
today.Dirk Schönberger, 15 May 2000

Here «in use» may mean official use or not (I guess not), and it is
not clear by whom it is used. Also «today» refers to the date of SAVA
newsletter24 (which was…?).António Martins, 17 May 2000

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

Петропавловск-Камчатский

Ivan Sarajcic, 30 Apr 2009

Flag of city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Kamchatka Territory is
adopted in 18-oct-2006. Flag is divided by wavy line (symbolizing
seaport) in two fields: upper - white
and bottom - light blue. Height ratio of fields is 2:1. Ratio of the
flag is 2:3. White filed is charged with city's coat of arms. Shield
is Argent with three active volcano peaks.

Aleutsky Rayon

Алеутский район

Chrystian Kretowicz, 7 May 2009

The administrative center (and only village) is Nikolskoye (Никольское)

Municipal District of the Kamchatka Region (until July 1, 2007 -
Kamchatka Oblast').
Occupies the territory of the Commander Islands (Командoрские острова) - Bering
Island (остров Беринга), Mednyi Island (Остров Медный) and 15 smaller ones.
Most of the inhabitants are of mixed, Aleut, Russian, Koryak and Ainu origin,
although there some real Aleuts and Russians among them.
Vitus Bering, who discovered the islands, died there in 1741.
There is a booklet describing the islands in considerable detail at:
http://www.bering.narod.ru/eng/booklet.htm>

The flag described as: blue in the ratio 2:3 with the white ascending
triangular wedge at the upper edge and figures from the emblem
in colors of yellow, red, white and blue.
Symbolism:
The colors and figures mirror the national, ethnographic and economic
peculiarities of the Aleutian homeland.
The hunter in native clothing seats in the kayak and holds a local
hunting gun, sort of harpoon with three additional arrows.
This image stresses the hardship conditions of making a living
in the Far East.
There is also an image of the sea lion, symbol of the local fauna
and wealth.
On the white edge, there is a blue compass rose (Rose of the Winds)
- symbol of discoverers, travelers and mariners.
Commander Islands are often called :"The Land of Winds and Storms".

The blue color (lazure) is a symbol of high aspirations, sincerity, loyalty
and revival.
The white (silver) color is a symbol of purity, openness, divine wisdom
and reconciliation.
The yellow (gold color) stands for supreme values, greatness, generosity,
wealth and the crops.
The red color signifies the character, work, courage, contest and holiday.
Allegorically, it represents the workers of the Commander Islands.